There are a lot of ways to dissect the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2018 regular season schedule, which was officially revealed last night. Other than the fact that they have been allotted their usual five games in prime time (and another three evening games, leaving them with just eight afternoon kickoffs), the biggest impression that my initial analysis of the schedule that I’ve had is the fact that the team will get its division business out of the way early.
The Steelers have a Week Seven bye this year, and by then they will have already played all of their division opponents once.